Two years after the moving documentary "Desert Warriors: Lions of the Namib", we find the five young lions who have grown up well. After leaving the lands of their childhood, they went in search ...

The Namib Desert and its iconic lion population need our collective support. By contributing to the Desert Lion Project, we are all helping to continue their work in the field, gathering crucial ...

Meet the Five Musketeers five inseparable lion brothers raised in the ancient Namib Desert When they eventually become independent from their mothers they venture into the desert in search of ...

Of the country’s 1,435 lions, a large concentration lives in the northern Namib in the coastal part of the country. Desert Lion Conservation is one of the organizations working to study this ...

Most predators live somewhat precarious lives, the odds generally stacked against them, but the lions of the Namib desert take this to an extreme. They rely on their prey not only for food but for ...

Pia has traveled to the Namib Desert. Far away from civilization, she visits the Gobabeb Desert Research Station and learns amazing things about the miraculous creatures of the Namib Desert. First, ...

Once a thriving diamond mining settlement in the Namib Desert, Kolmanskop in southern Namibia is now a hauntingly beautiful ghost town, slowly being reclaimed by the sand. Abandoned since the ...

Their color provides perfect camouflage among the powdery reddish sands of the Namib Desert, their primary habitat. These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...

The process that contributes most to the Namib's unique ecosystem is the coastal, wind-induced "upwelling" that occurs along the Benguela shelf. The Benguela Current's effect is enhanced by a ...

The Namib Desert is also the world’s oldest desert ... Africa's greatest wildlife reserves and is home to elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards and giraffes.